CodeStream YC Application

Winter 2018Acquired

CodeStream went through Y Combinator in the Winter 2018 batch as a B2B company. Below: what the company does, who founded it, and its application to YC, reconstructed question by question in the real YC form.

YC batch: Winter 2018
Industry: B2BEngineering, Product and Design
Team size: 10
Status: Acquired
Launched: 2017

Founders

Peter PezarisFounder/CEO
Claudio PinkusFounder

What CodeStream does

CodeStream's IDE plugins take the pain out of code reviews. With one command, request feedback on a snapshot of your repo, including uncommitted & unpushed code, allowing you to verify that your work-in-progress is on the right track. (You can also do it the old-fashioned way by committing & pushing at the end of your dev sprint, of course)

CodeStream's YC application, reconstructed

Y Combinator application

CodeStream, Winter 2018 batch. The real form questions, answered from public data.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

CodeStream

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Developer collaboration within IDEs

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We built IDE plugins that let developers request feedback on their code instantly, including uncommitted and unpushed changes. This cuts down the friction around code reviews by allowing teams to collaborate where they write code, without context switching to external tools.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We live in New York and work remotely. The company is based in New York City and will continue to be based there after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

New York is where the founders are located and where our early team is set up. We want to keep the company close to where the product and engineering teams already live and work.

21 more answers in the full application

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this the real CodeStream YC application?

No. Y Combinator keeps submitted applications private. This is a reconstruction: the real YC form questions, answered from CodeStream's public data (launch notes, founder backgrounds, product description). It shows how a company like CodeStream would present itself to YC, not the text they submitted.